Modern life

Modern life

Original title: La vie moderne
Production: Gemini Films; Le Studio Canal+; Les Films du Camélia; Light Night
Country: France
Director: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Script: Laurence Ferreira Barbosa; Bruno Guiblet; Yvonne Kerouedan
Photography: Christophe Beaucarne
Music: Faton Cahen
Cast: Isabelle Huppert; Frédéric Pierrot; Lolita Chammah; Juliette Andréa; Jean-Pierre Gros
Year: 2000
Duration: 123
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Original language: French
Languages available: French
Subtitles: English

Synopsis:

Three fragments of the life of human beings devoid of reference points and with an uncertain future. Marguerite, a 17-year-old is uncomfortable in her family and turns to God. Claire, who desperately wants a child encounters a former lover. Eva asks for help to Jacques, an unemployed who has been abandoned by his wife and daughter, to find a missing friend.

Co-production between France and Switzerland.

Awards:

Nominated for a Prize of the City of Torino 2000: Best Film - International Feature Film Competition